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I have to thank my good friend Miss Ormerod for the above excellent cut of 

 this insect, which is the same as is used in her Manual of Injurious Insects, page 336, 



The occurrence of this insect at Yictoria is worthy of note, as in England it is 

 one of the worst orchard pests, and will probably add one more to the already too 

 long list of apple tree pests. Prof. J. A. Lintner, has already noted no less than 

 282 different species of insect enemies of the apple. Miss B. A. Ormerod says as to 

 the food of the Mottled Umber Moth: — "The caterpillars are very abundant, and 

 very injurious to the leafage of various kinds of fruit and forest trees, as oak, lime, 

 &c. They have been especially noted as feeding at times on unripe cherries, 

 gnawing away one side of the fruit." (Manual of Injurious Insects, p. 337.) The 

 habits of this moth are very similar to those of our Canker-worms {Anisopteryx). 

 When the moths appear in the autumn, the females crawl up the trunks of trees and 

 lay their eggs on the branches. In this condition the insect passes the winter. 



Remedies. — The usual remedies for the Canker-worms are applicable for this 

 species and consist of tying sticky bandages or mechanical contrivances around the 

 trunks of fruit trees to prevent the females from crawling up to deposit their eggs, or 

 what will be found far more effective, spraying the trees in spring when the young 

 caterpillars hatch, with Paris green and lime, 1 pound of each to 200 gallons of 

 water. 



An exac? description of the larvae taken from the British Columbian specimens 

 is as follows: — 



Mature Larva. — Length \\ inches. Head round, bilobed at apex, chestnut red, 

 mottled. Mouth parts darkened, dorsal i-egion reddish brown, darkened with fine 

 black broken lines arranged as follows : a dorsal double stripe which widens a little 

 in the middle of each segment and is shaded with pale yellow ; two narrow sub-dorsal 

 lines, rather indistinct, and placed on a reddish field ; a double lateral stripe the 

 lower line of which is distinct and sinuous. Beneath this dorsal area the stigmatal 

 area is bright yellow. The spiracles themselves are white, ringed with black and 

 are in the centre of blotches of reddish brown, shaded anteriorly with black. Ven- 

 tral area including thoracic feet and prolegs, pale yellow. Some specimens are much 

 darker than others ; in the darkest there is a broken supraventral stripe just beneath 

 the substigmatal fold, sometimes running up on to it. The prolegs on 10th segment 

 are also sometimes darkened exteriorly. 



I believe the British Columbian insect to be identical with the English, as I can 

 find no difference between either the moths or the caterpillars. 



SM^LL FRUITS. 



Small fruits in Ontario and Quebec have been a good crop this year, strawberries 

 in Eastern Ontario exceptionally so, and, although various insect pests have been 

 sent in, there are none of them which call for special mention. 



The Easpberry Cane-borer i^Oberea bimaculata, Oliv.) was abundant at Ottawa, 

 as evidenced by the conspicuous injury on the young canes. The injury by 

 this insect, however, I believe to be slight, if the grub be prevented from 

 boring down into the canes, as can so easily be done in June by picking 

 off the injured tips as soon as the}' show by fading, that an egg has been 

 deposited. The method of nipping back the young shoots of raspberries, 

 RiSpberiT ^^ this period, moreover, is in accordance with the views of some horti- 

 Cane-borer. culturists as to the best way of cultivating the raspberry. 



The Gooseberry Frcjit-worm (Bakruma convolutella, Hbn.) 



is reported by Mr. B. Loiselle as abundant at Ste. Philoraene, 



Que. The only remedy which so far can be recommended 



for this insect, which seems to be attracting much more 



Fig. 17.— The 'Gooseberry attention in Canada than formerly, is hand-picking the injured 



rruit-worm, Moth and fruit as soon as its premature coloration shows that it is 



Cocoon. infested. 



The Currant Saw-fly (Nematus ribesii, Scop.) was as usual abundant in many 

 places, and when neglected did much harm by defoliating the bushes. Much loss 

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